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Approved Minutes

Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Minutes July 15, 2025 Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Regular Meeting Minutes Tuesday, July 15, 2025 The Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission convened in a regular meeting on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at the City of Austin, Permitting and Development Center, 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Drive in Austin, Texas. Chair Sin called the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE: Seonhye “Sonny” Sin, Chair Zachary Dolling Hanna Huang Ahmed Moledina COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE REMOTELY: Padmini Jambulapati, Vice Chair Sarah Chen Alpha Shrestha Nayer Sikder Nirali Thakkar Kuo Yang PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission regular meeting on June 17, 2025. The minutes from the meeting of June 17, 2025, were approved on Commissioner Huang’s motion, Commissioner Thakkar’s second on a 8-0 vote. Commissioners Shrestha and Yang were off the dais. Commissioners Xiyi Chen, Easley, Li, Nguyễn, and Sha were absent. 1 Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Minutes July 15, 2025 STAFF BRIEFINGS 2. Staff briefing regarding Austin Police Department’s vision for the Asian American community in Austin with a data report about instances of hate crimes for Asian American community members. Briefing by Lisa Davis, Chief of Police, Austin Police Department. Briefing provided by Lisa Davis, Chief of Police, Austin Police Department. WORKING GROUP UPDATES 3. Updates from the Budget Community Engagement Working Group regarding the invite template of the upcoming Budget and Boba event. Update provided by Vice Chair Jambulapati. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 4. 5. Approve the 2024-2025 Annual Internal Review Report The motion to approve the 2024-2025 Annual Internal Review Report with amendments to strike 2023 and insert 2024, and strike Alpha Shrestha as primary Joint Inclusion Committee Representative and insert Nirali Thakkar as primary Joint Inclusion Committee Representative was approved on Commissioner Huang’s motion, Commissioner Dolling’s second on an 10-0 vote. Commissioners Xiyi Chen, Easley, Li, Nguyễn, and Sha were absent. Approve updates to the membership of current Working Groups including the AARC Working Group, Certifications and Awards Working Group, Food Security Working Group, City Manager’s Office Meeting Working Group, Budget Engagement Working Group, GraduAsian Graduation Event Working Group, and the Public Health and Safety Working Group. The motion to approve updates to the memberships of the AARC, City Manager’s Office Meeting, and the Budget Engagement Working groups was approved on Commissioner Thakkar’s motion, Commissioner Chen’s second on an 10-0 vote. Commissioners Xiyi Chen, Easley, Li, Nguyễn, and Sha were absent. The working group membership is as follows: AARC Working Group: Commissioners Huang, Li, Thakkar. Budget Engagement: Commissioners Xiyi Chen, Dolling, Easley, Jambulapati. Certificates and Awards Working Group: Commissioners Xiyi Chen, Shrestha, Sin. City Manager’s Office Meeting Working Group: Commissioners Easley, Huang, Jambulapati, Li, Moledina, Nguyễn, Sin. Food Security Working Group: No longer active. GraduAsian Graduation Event Working Group: No longer active. 2 Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission Minutes July 15, 2025 Public Health and Safety Working Group: No longer active. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Creation of a Community Engagement Working Group Creation of a Public Safety Working Group Dissolution and Creation of an Asian American Resource Center Working Group Presentation from the City Demographer to present updates Discussion about APD data with Asian American constituents Discussion on 2025 Legislative policies that affect Asian American Austinites ADJOURNMENT Chair Sin adjourned the meeting at 7:15 p.m. without objection. The minutes from the meeting of July 15, 2025, were approved during the August 19, 2025 regular meeting on Commissioner Huang’s motion, Vice Chair Jambulapati’s second on a 9-0 vote. Commissioners Xiyi Chen, Sikder and Yang were off the dais. Commissioners Moledina, Nguyễn, and Sha were absent. 3